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  • This large, atmospheric church is like something out of a Brueghel painting – aptly so, since Pieter Brueghel the Elder is buried here.

  • When it opened in 1847, this elegant shopping arcade was the grandest in Europe (see Galeries Royales de Saint-Hubert).

  • A fascinating collection, in the foyer of a cinema, tracing the early history of the moving image.

  • Exquisite examples of costume and lace, an industry that employed 10,000 women in mid-19th-century Brussels (see Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle).

  • This delightful toy museum appeals to both adults and children alike.

  • This suite of 18th-century rooms contains a small but select exhibition of furniture, porcelain, clocks and other artifacts.

  • There is something gloriously megalomaniac about this vast Neo-Classical pile.

  • See how the other half lived in the grand rooms of the Royal Palace, one of whose wings now houses a museum devoted to the history of the Belgian royal family.

  • The 445 “martyrs” killed in the Belgian Revolution of 1830 lie buried in this square.

  • The sole surviving gate of the 14th-century city walls.

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